Silicon Valley Research Extends SVR K.K. Japan Sales Region

San Jose, Calif.--Feb. 25, 1998--Silicon Valley Research (San Jose) has expanded the sales region of Silicon Valley Research K.K.,Japan, to include all of Asia. Sales efforts will now be a direct responsibilityof the SVR office located in Tokyo, Japan.

Minoru Takagi, vice president of SVR, will now be responsible forcoordinating sales throughout Asia, including but not limited to Japan,Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

Along with his duties as vice president, Minoru Takagi is the president and general manager of Silicon Valley Research K.K. in Japan. Mr. Takagi beganhis career in the electronics industry in 1968 and worked for BurroughsComputer, Fairchild, and Megatest in Japan.